Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen 22 Links Introduction Bruce Springsteen is an American (New Jersey) rock singer, composer and guitarist. Also known as "The Boss", he has been rocking around the world along with the E-Street Band or on his own since 1972, releasing 26 albums so far. He has sold over 80 million records world-wide, has won 18 grammy awards, 1 Academy Award (Philadelphia), and a couple Emmys, as well as being part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Songwriters Hall of Fame, and being ranked 23rd by the Rolling Stone Magazine in their list of "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". He is married to E-Street Band member Patti Scialfa since 1991. Early 70s: First two albums Springsteen's whole name is Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen Zirilli, born the 23rd of September of 1949 in a NJ town called Freehold. His first music influences come from Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan later on, which made him buy a guitar and learn to play at the age of 13.

Later he joined the band "The Castiles" in high school, playing guitar and later becoming lead singer. During the late 60s and until 1972 Springsteen took part in many different projects: a trio named Earth, and the bands Child, Steel Mill, Dr Zoom & the Sonic Boom, Sundance Blues Band and The Bruce Springsteen Band. These were the days when he became fomous locally, specially in the town and pubs of Asbury Park, New Jersey, after which Springsteen named his soon to arrive first album. It was at this point that he earned the nickname "The Boss", because he was in charge of collecting the band's pay and distribute it amongst the different members. It was during these years that Springsteen met and began several bands along with what soon would become widely known as "The E-Street Band", a loyal and skilled group of musicians who have accompanied Bruce for the most part of his career. Young Springsteen As Bruce slowly became famous in the area managers Mike Appel and Jim Cretecos contacted him, and managed to arrange an audition with Columbia Records talent seeker John Hammond.

As a result of this Bruce signed with Columbia Records and released his first album "Greetings from Asbury Park" in 1973, soon to be aclaimed by the critics who saw in Springsteen's complex lyrics a new Dylan . Sales were not as good as the critics though. "Spirit in the Night", "Lost in the Flood", "Growing Up" and "Blinded by the light" are some of the excellent songs that forever would stay in the memory of his fans and in the lists of hundreds of shows all around the world, yet to come. Later that year he released his secon album "THe Wild, the Innocent and the E-Stret Shuffle". Once again the critics were very good, but the sales were not so great. "4th of July Asbury Park" and "Rosalita" were among the best songs from this second release. Born to Run It was in 1974 that Jon Landau wrote one of the most famous quotes about Springsteen when he said "I saw the future of rock and roll and its name is Bruce Springsteen", and he sure was right.

He soon became his manager and helped him producing his third unforgettable album that would make Springsteen famous all over the USA and later the rest of the world: "Born to Run", released in 1975 is one of the big milestones in Bruce Springsteen's career. More than 30 years after its release fans and critics worldwide consider "Born To Run" one of the most important and energetic albums in the history of Rock N Roll. With classic tracks such as "Thunder Road", "Jungleland", "Tenth Avenue Freeze-out" and "Born to Run", this album contains some of the songs that were to became true hymns for the audience throughout the world for decades to come. Darkness On the Edge of Town Springsteen & E-Street Band After touring all over the USA, and going to court to fight over the rights of his tracks against his previous manager Mike Appel, he released a new album in 1978.

His fourth, album was to be somewhat different, but great again nevertheless, "Darkness on the edge of town" steps away from the optimism of "Born to run" and speaks of daily struggles and problems, delivering once again classic tracks from these early years such as "Badlands", "The Promised Land", "Darkness on the Edge of Town", "Prove it all Night" and "Racing in the Street". That same year Springsteen wrote two of his greates songs: "Fire" and "Because The Night", which he made for The Pointer Sisters and Patti Smith. Patti made some changes to the lyrics though the music remained the same, and years later Springsteen would release both songs in his live albums, singing his own version of "Because the Night". The River Springsteen His fifth album "The River" came a couple years later, in 1980, featuring the sentimental, heartbreaking song named after the album, and Springsteen first top-ten hit: "Hungry Heart", a sticky little tune aired world-wide. The album was successful again, and Springsteen toured Europe for the first time, along with the E-Street Band, as usual.

Nebraska His next album, "Nebraska" was quite different from anything Springsteen had recorded to date. Alone in his house Springsteen wrote several tracks and recorded them on a four-track tape deck, a tape that he actually carried in his pocket for weeks before deciding what to do. The songs were accoustic and harsh, sad, and definitely not what his audience awaited after "The River", but as years went by it proved to be one of his most beloved releases, another cult album for Springsteen fans to treasure. Most important tracks in "Nebraska" are "Johnny 99", "Atlantic City" and "Mansion on the Hill" among others. Born in the USA Springsteen It was in 1984 that Springsteen released his most successful, widely known and often misunderstood album "Born in the USA", with his hit named after the album, a song that criticized US and its attitude against Vietnam war and its vets, although some people thought it was a patriotic hymn, when it was actually a wild anti-war cry and political criticism.

Each and every single track in the album is good, some of them among his best ever written songs, that go from the happier, rocking, "Glory Days", "Working on the Highway" to the sadness of "Downbound Train" and a pletora of different feelings in between: an ode to friendship "Bobby Jean", the intronspective "My Hometown" or the catchy "Dancing in the Dark", along with ballads such as "I'm on fire" made Born in the USA his best selling album, and for good reason. Live 1975-85 After Born in The USA Tour Springsteen amazing talent and charisma on scene had turned him into a Rock icon worldwide. His vivid representations on stage, connection with the public and the E-Street Band made Springsteen shows somewhat special, different, energetic experiences not to be missed. But his fans lacked any official live release from the boss, and Springsteen put out an amazing collection of Live tracks that became an instant classic in his discography: the huge Live 1975-85 was a box containing five records with live tracks covering all periods of his career to date.

It was also released as three cassettes or a 3 CD box edition, including an extensive booklet loaded with pictures. Tunnel Of Love It was during "Born in the USA" tour that Bruce met and married actress Julianne Philipps. Things didn't go well, and they soon split. This experience resembled on his next album "Tunnel of love", and specially on one of his best songs ever written, the amazing "Brilliant Disguise". The album has other remarkable tracks such as the one that gives name to the album and "Tougher than the Rest" or "When you are Alone". On the subsequent "Tunel of Love Tour" Springsteen started a relationship with the backing singer Patti Scialfa, who is his wife now a days. "Tunnel of Love" was also the album that marked his separation from the E-Street Band for a few years to come. Some of the E-Streeters took part in the recording and following tour, but the line-up was changed and The Boss decided to go on his own for a period of time.

Lucky Town, Human Touch & MTv Plugged Springsteen In 1992 Springsteen once again surprised critics and fans alike with the release of two albums at the same time: "Lucky Town" and "Human Touch", recorded with session musicians that went with him on the following World Tour, replaced the E-Street Band. Concerts were excellent as usual with Springsteen, and the musicians were good, but fans really missed the classic combination of Bruce & E-Street Band. Both albums are happier than previous releases, and in many lyrics the fans can feel that Springsteen has finally found that sweet spot in life where things are stable, both albums are heavily influenced by his decision to move to LA and start a new life there along with Patti Scialfa. Though they are good albums in their own right, time has proved that not many of their tracks became "classic" Springsteen tracks, and even Bruce's loyal fan base stated their dislike for his decision to split from the E-Street Band during this period of his career.

In 1993 Bruce released a Live CD "In concert MTv Plugged", featuring the most representative songs of his latest tour, including an astonishing electric version of "Atlantic City" that he used to play in most concerts. Greatest Hits & Tracks In 1995 Bruce released a Greatest Hits CD, and although that was not very exciting for his fans the good news were that he was working along with the E-Street Band again, recording some new tracks for the ocassion. But it was some years later that this dream would come true for his fan base around the globe. Later in 1998 he released a 4 CD case containing loads of out-takes, named "Tracks", featuring rarities and much sought after tunes that were only available in rare bootlegs until then. The Ghost of Tom Joad Springsteen Springsteen's plans for the near future still didn't include the E-Street Band in 1995, he was determined to release a new solo album, in the style of Nebraska, and he did: "The Ghost of Tom Joad" is an acoustic piece, very introspective and political, based on the novel "The grapes of wrath" by Steinbeck.

It was followed by a World Tour in which Springsteen, armed with his harmonica and accoustic guitar, played in Theaters and small venues, to give his concerts the more intimate approach needed given the nature of this new album. The Rising to present days On Stage It was in 2000 that Bruce got back with the E- Street Band, and after a succesful tour they recorded "The Rising" in 2002, an album which was heavily influenced by the 9/11 attack. The album was followed by "The Rising Tour" which lasted over a year and made a ticket selling record never acomplished before: 10 night shows sold out at the Giant Stadium in NJ. In 2005 Bruce released "Devils and Dust" on his own, as a continuation to "The Ghost of Tom Joad", and in the same style. As a matter of fact he stated that most of the songs from the album were actually written by the time he released "The Ghost of Tom Joad". Once again The Boss went on tour all alone, playing mostly in small venues.

In 2007 Springsteen released his last album to date, "Magic" along with the E-Street Band, followed by a tour around USA and Europe. As usual with Springsteen the album worked very well, with a powerful first single "Radio Nowhere" which reminds of his most powerful sound from "Born in the USA". The E-Street Band The E- Street band is widely known for their long and loyal relationship with Springsteen since 1972. They have also recorded with many other reknown bands and artists (Meat Loaf, Dire Sraits, Peter Gabriel...), and their members have also released albums on their own. The line-up of the band has changed during the years. Members these days are: Roy Bittan - Keyboards Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez - Drums David Sancious - Keyboards Style Bruce Springsteen albums are traditional american rock and roll from beginning to end, his style is heavily influenced by classics such as Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan in his early days, but go beyond rock and roll into blues, folk and pop culture, with artists such as Creedence Clearwater Revival, Van Morrison, James Brown and Chuck Berry to name a few.

His songs speak of ordinary troubles and victories, with themes often binded to his origins and beloved New Jersey, songs that talk of winners and losers and all shades of grey in between. Often emotional, sometimes political and others more relaxed and joyful, Springsteen's songs and lyrics are deep within the audience subconscious forever to remain, as Springsteen is a Rock Legend still alive, a true Guitar Hero for generations to admire. Gear With over 36 years of rocking around the world, Springsteen has used lots of different gear, let's take a look at some of his most widely used guitars, amps and accessories: Customized '52 Fender Telecaster , being this his most iconic guitar.

Cutomized Vintage Fender Telecaster - Black/White/Maple Takamine EF-381C 12-String Acoustic Electric Cutaway Guitar Takamine TF450SMSB 6-string Acoustic-Electric Guitar - Sunburst Fender Twin Reverb Amps Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band | A Very Special Christmas bruce springsteen and the e street band Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band album: Merry Christmas Baby It’s hard to think of a more accurate description for Bruce Springsteen than “American recording artist.” It’s equally hard to think that description begins to cover everything.

Through four decades, Bruce Springsteen has served as a cultural phenomenon (twice, at least), a brittle and dark acoustic storyteller, a folk revivalist, a new Dylan, a working-class hero, “rock ‘n roll future,” a force for political and social change, an eloquent songwriter and unabashed party-rocker (often in the same song), a live performer of legendary energies, and a prodigy and preacher of the “majesty, the mystery and the ministry of rock ‘n roll.” But before the majesty, there was just New Jersey: Springsteen grew up and first assembled his E Street Band —many of whom remain onstage in 2012 — on its beaches and in its boardwalk clubs. His first two records were ambitious non-breakthroughs; his third, Born to Run (1975), made the kind of once-in-a-decade impact that resonates to this day; Born in the U.S.A. (1984), did it again. Early albums such as Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978) and The River (1981) began solidifying his position as a singer and songwriter of incalculable influence.

Yet for all his critical and commercial success, Springsteen’s albums illustrated a drive to challenge his audience, as evidenced by the bleak, four-track-cassette-recorded Nebraska (1982), the introverted relationship document Tunnel of Love (1987), the E Street-less double-shot of Human Touch and Lucky Town (1992), the parched, acoustic The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995), the folk/New Orleans-flavored We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006), and the lush variety show Working on a Dream (2009). In 1999, after a decade apart, Springsteen reconvened the E Street Band; in 2002 he released The Rising, an attempt to make sense of 9/11, and followed it in 2007 with Magic, an attempt to make sense of its complicated aftermath. The band has since remained a freight train, as active, prolific and resonant as at any point in its past.

Yet in all shapes — in arenas and stadiums, in New Jersey and across the world, in quiet houses in January — Springsteen’s music has strived to explore the crossroads of escape and redemption and the hard realities and cold compromises of American life — as well as the paramount need to keep hold of hope at all costs. “I can not promise you life everlasting,” Springsteen shouted throughout the 1999 E Street Band reunion tour. “But I can promise you life — right now!” A 1999 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Springsteen has sold more than 65 million albums in the U.S. and 120 million worldwide. He’s won 20 Grammys, an Academy Award, been a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors and performed at halftime at the Super Bowl.

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band Album: Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band Album: Bruce Springsteen | Rolling Stone artists > B > Bruce Springsteen > Bio Bruce Springsteen Bio For nearly four decades Bruce Springsteen has been a working-class hero: a plainspoken visionary and a sincere romantic whose insights into everyday lives — especially in America's small-town heartland — have earned comparisons to John Steinbeck and Woody Guthrie. His belief in rock's mythic past (and its potential) revitalized pop music and made Springsteen a superstar in the Eighties. He maintained his enormous popularity into the 21st century, when he became even more of an outspoken political activist. Springsteen, of Irish-Italian ancestry, was born September 23, 1949, in Freehold, New Jersey, the son of a bus driver and a secretary. He took up the guitar at 13 and joined the Castiles a year later. In 1966 the Castiles recorded (but never released) two songs co-written by Springsteen, and they worked their way up to a string of dates at New York City's Café Wha? in 1967.

During the summer after his high school graduation, Springsteen worked with the band Earth, a Cream-style power trio, and hung out in Asbury Park, New Jersey. He entered Ocean County Community College that fall, but dropped out when a New York producer promised him a contract; he never saw the producer again. While in college, Springsteen formed a group with some local musicians, including drummer Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez and keyboardist Danny Federici. Called Child, and then Steel Mill, the group worked the Atlantic coast down to Virginia. In summer 1969 Steel Mill visited California (where Springsteen's parents had moved); club dates in San Francisco led to a show at Bill Graham's Fillmore and a contract offer from Graham's Fillmore Records, which Steel Mill turned down because the advance was too small. The band returned east and was joined by an old friend of Springsteen's, Miami Steve Van Zandt, on bass. Springsteen disbanded Steel Mill in early 1971, intending to put together a band with a brass section and several singers. Meanwhile, he formed Dr. Zoom and the Sonic Boom, which played only three dates.

Eventually, the Bruce Springsteen Band was formed with Lopez, Federici, Van Zandt (now on guitar), pianist and guitarist David Sancious, bassist Garry Tallent, and a four-piece brass section. After the group's first show, the brass section was dropped and Clarence Clemons, a football-player-turned-tenor-saxophonist (a knee injury aborted his pro career), joined the band. The group didn't last; by autumn 1971 Springsteen was working solo. Springsteen had auditioned for Laurel Canyon Productions, a.k.a. Mike Appel and Jim Cretecos, who had written a hit for the Partridge Family and produced an album by Sir Lord Baltimore. In May 1972 Springsteen signed a long-term management contract and an agreement giving Laurel Canyon exclusive rights to his songs. Royalty rates effective for five albums were set at a low three percent of retail price. Appel arranged for his new client to audition for John Hammond, who had signed Bob Dylan to Columbia. After hearing Springsteen sing in his office, Hammond set up a showcase for CBS executives at the Gaslight in New York City and supervised a demo session.

In June 1972 Columbia president Clive Davis signed a ten-album contract with Appel that gave Laurel Canyon about a nine percent royalty. Within the month, Springsteen completed Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. Some of his word-crammed songs were set to an acoustic singer/songwriter backup, and others to the R&B-inflected rock of the reconstituted Bruce Springsteen Band. Released in January 1973 and touted as one more "new Dylan" effort, Greetings initially sold about 25,000 copies, largely to Jersey Shore fans. Springsteen and the band toured the Northeast, playing extended sets that earned him followings in Boston and Philadelphia. A string of dates opening for Chicago, which limited his sets to a half-hour, convinced Springsteen not to open for other bands. With his second album, The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle, Springsteen and his band integrated instrumental passages with his lyrics, forming long romantic narratives. The album sold as poorly as its predecessor, and Springsteen decided to concentrate on his stage show.

Replacing Lopez with Ernest "Boom" Carter on drums, he tightened up what became the E Street Band, hired expensive light and sound crews, and rehearsed them to theatrical precision. He made up elaborate stories, often involving band members, to introduce his songs, dramatized the songs as he sang them, and capped his sets with fervently rendered oldies. In spring 1974 music critic Jon Landau saw a Springsteen show in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and wrote in The Real Paper, "I saw rock & roll's future and its name is Bruce Springsteen." Columbia used the quote in an ad campaign, and rave reviews of Springsteen concerts and belated notices of The Wild began showing up in print. By November 1974, the album had sold 150,000 copies. Springsteen and a revamped E Street Band (pianist Roy Bittan and drummer Max Weinberg replaced Sancious and Carter, who had formed their own fusion group, Tone; Van Zandt joined as second guitarist) were bogged down by an ambitious third album.

Landau, who had been visiting the studio with suggestions, became co-producer with Springsteen and Appel (Landau would later become the singer's manager). Far from toning down Springsteen's histrionics, he inflated them with dramatic arrangements. While the album was being mastered, Springsteen wanted to scrap it in favor of a concert album. But that plan was dropped, and in October 1975 Born to Run (Number Three, 1975) hit record shelves. Advance sales put the album on the chart a week before its release date, and it made the Top Ten shortly afterward. Within the month, it hit Number Three — and gold – while "Born to Run" (Number 23, 1975) became Springsteen's first hit single. Springsteen embarked on his first national tour. Time and Newsweek ran simultaneous cover stories on him. Yet Springsteen was still a cult figure; the album didn't stay on the charts long.

In spring of 1976 an independent auditor's report called Appel's management "unconscionable exploitation." And when Appel refused permission for Landau to produce the next album, Springsteen sued his manager in July 1976, alleging fraud, undue influence, and breach of trust. Appel's countersuit asked for an injunction to bar Springsteen from working with Landau, which the court granted. Springsteen rejected the producer Appel chose, and the injunction prevented Springsteen from recording until May 1977. An out-of-court settlement gave Springsteen rights to his songs and he was allowed to work with Landau, while his Columbia contract was upgraded. Appel reportedly received a lump-sum settlement. During the legal imbroglio, Springsteen toured and E Streeters did session work: Bittan with David Bowie and Meat Loaf, Van Zandt produced the debut by Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, I Don't Want to Go Home, which featured several Springsteen compositions.

Other Springsteen songs provided hits for the Hollies ("Sandy"), Manfred Mann ("Blinded by the Light," a Number One single in 1977), Robert Gordon ("Fire," later a smash for the Pointer Sisters), and Patti Smith ("Because the Night," to which she contributed some lyrics). And Springsteen continued to write new songs, several of which were chosen for Darkness on the Edge of Town (Number Five, 1978). Darkness was a dire and powerful album that reflected the troubled period Springsteen had just endured. On "Badlands," "Promised Land," "Adam Raised a Cain," and the title track, Springsteen sang with choked emotion about working-class problems and the hopes that keep Americans going. The album proved his depth to critics, although it failed to deliver on crossover hopes, yielding only the minor single "Prove It All Night" (Number 33, 1978). Work on The River began in April 1979 and went on for a year and a half. Springsteen appeared on stage only twice in that period, at the Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE) antinuclear benefit concerts in New York, which were filmed as No Nukes.

Meanwhile, Dave Marsh's best-selling Born to Run: The Bruce Springsteen Story was released, spreading the Springsteen legend out in book length. (It was released again in a revised edition, followed by a second Marsh volume, Glory Days: Bruce Springsteen in the 1980s, published in 1987; the books were put together with additional material in 2003 as Two Hearts: The Definitive Biography.) Co-produced by Springsteen, Landau, and Van Zandt, the double-LP The River (Number One, 1980) sold over 2 million copies. A single, "Hungry Heart" (Number Five, 1980), was Springsteen's first Top Ten hit, followed by "Fade Away" (Number 20, 1981). The River was notable for its shorter, verse-chorus songs that were essentially short stories or character sketches ("Wreck on the Highway," "Independence Day," "Point Blank," "The River"). These four songs essentially revealed a sense of resignation, of Springsteen's characters learning to live with what they cannot change.

On the eve of The River's release in October 1980, Springsteen kicked off a tour that crisscrossed the United States twice and took him to more than 20 European cities; every one of his shows was sold out and routinely ran over three hours, sometimes crossing the four-hour mark. In the fall, he played six benefit concerts in L.A. for Vietnam War veterans. In 1981 Springsteen persuaded Gary "U.S." Bonds (whose "Quarter to Three" was a favorite Springsteen encore) to return to recording, on an album produced by Van Zandt that included Springsteen material. Members of the E Street Band played sessions for Garland Jeffreys, Joan Armatrading, Ian Hunter, and others. Van Zandt continued producing Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, and Bittan produced an album for rock singer Jimmy Mack. In 1982 Springsteen made Nebraska (Number Three, 1982), a stark album recorded (initially as demo tapes) on a four-track machine at home.

With its tales of losers, desperadoes, and dreamers, the album was Springsteen's folk-song commentary on the social problems of America in the Age of Reagan, and on the nihilism bred by alienation. After Nebraska's deliberately noncommercial statement, Springsteen decided to head in the other direction and try to bring his message to a mass audience. With the simple, declarative songs on Born in the U.S.A. (Number One, 1984), Springsteen became a megastar. The album yielded a string of singles – "Dancing in the Dark" (Number Two, 1984), "Cover Me" (Number Seven, 1984), "Born in the U.S.A." (Number Nine, 1984), "I'm on Fire" (Number Six, 1985), "Glory Days" (Number Five, 1985), "I'm Goin' Down" (Number Nine, 1985), and "My Hometown" (Number Six, 1985) — and remained in the Top Ten for more than two years.

Springsteen made his first videos for the album's singles, including "Glory Days," "I'm on Fire," and "Born in the U.S.A.", directed by John Sayles, and "Dancing in the Dark," directed by Brian De Palma (the single later won a Grammy). Although on Born in the U.S.A., Springsteen continued to look at the dark side of the American dream, he simplified sentiments and packaged them in an album featuring a U.S. flag on the cover. Not surprisingly, many fans took "Born in the U.S.A." as an upbeat patriotic anthem, although the song was actually about the dead ends hit by a Vietnam vet. Ronald Reagan himself, during the 1984 presidential campaign, tried to co-opt Springsteen's vision as his own in one speech. Springsteen attempted to counteract such misinterpretations by meeting with labor, environmental, and civil rights activists in towns he played and mentioning their efforts onstage. Springsteen has always played numerous benefits; in 1985 he sang on USA for Africa's "We Are the World" and on Van Zandt's anti-apartheid project, Sun City. But the Born in the U.S.A.

concerts themselves fueled the spectacle of Springsteen's success, with fans waving American flags in sold-out stadiums. The previously scrawny, modest Springsteen had joined the country's mania for pumping iron, and his marathon concerts began to resemble athletic events. Constant touring in 1985 (with Nils Lofgren replacing Van Zandt, who went on to pursue a solo career, and Patti Scialfa added on vocals) took him to the Far East and Australia for the first time. The 40-song live album package Live/1975-85 (Number One, 1986) was released partly to counter the flood of bootlegs that had been traded among fans for years. It featured his cover of Edwin Starr's "War" (Number Eight, 1986), a song whose critique he explicitly aimed in concerts at Reagan's militarism. In 1984 Springsteen met model/actress Julianne Phillips, and the couple married in May 1985.

On Tunnel of Love (Number One, 1987) Springsteen recorded some of his most personal songs — including the Grammy-winning "Tunnel of Love" (Number Nine, 1987), "Brilliant Disguise" (Number Five, 1987), and "One Step Up" (Number 13, 1988) — in which he detailed love unraveling. While he was headlining the 1988 Amnesty International Human Rights Now! Tour, tabloids began reporting that Springsteen and Scialfa were having an affair. In August 1988 Phillips filed for divorce. The couple divorced the next year, and Springsteen married Scialfa in 1991. They moved to L.A. and eventually had three children, Evan James, Jessica Rae, and Sam Ryan. Springsteen was apparently rethinking his life in general during this period. On the Tunnel of Love tour he had tried to shake up the E Street Band's live habits by repositioning them onstage. Still, the large group no longer seemed to be the correct vehicle for his music, and in November 1989 he told them he no longer needed them.

After half a decade without a new studio album, Springsteen returned with the simultaneous release of two, Human Touch (Number Two, 1992) (co-produced by Bittan, the only E Street Band member on the albums) and Lucky Town (Number Three, 1992). The albums entered the charts at their peak positions, but merely went platinum as opposed to the multi-platinum of his previous three albums. The pop songs of Human Touch, which Springsteen had written over several years, received mixed reviews: critics generally preferred Lucky Town's ruminations on parenting and adulthood. Springsteen performed on Saturday Night Live in 1992, his first network TV performance. He recruited a younger band of mostly session musicians for his tour, but hadn't quite freed himself of his old, overstated stadium style, and the shows seemed somewhat out of step with the albums' mature tone. For the first time in 15 years, Springsteen played to empty seats.

In 1993, Scialfa released her first solo album, Rumble Doll; that year Springsteen wrote and recorded "Streets of Philadelphia" (Number Nine, 1994) for the Jonathan Demme film Philadelphia; the song won an Academy Award and four Grammys. Greatest Hits, which debuted at Number One on the charts, contained four previously unreleased songs. In 1995 Springsteen released The Ghost of Tom Joad, an austere record in the tradition of Nebraska that invoked the populism of Steinbeck and Guthrie and applied it to problems of race and class in America at the end of the 20th century. The album, which Springsteen promoted with his first solo acoustic tour, won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album, although it didn't go platinum, a rarity. After that Springsteen maintained a low profile until the November 1998 announcement of his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. That same week saw the release of Songs, a coffee-table book containing his song lyrics, as well as Tracks (Number 27), a career-spanning collection that included 56 previously unreleased recordings.

The album became the first box set ever to debut at Number One on the charts. In 1999 Springsteen and the E Street Band reunited for the first time in more than a decade; both Lofgren and Van Zandt played guitar in the group, which kicked off their U.S. tour with a record-setting 15 sold-out shows at the Continental Airlines Arena in the group's home state of New Jersey. The band's performances testified to Springsteen's faith in the redemptive power of rock & roll and the human community. At a run of 10 shows at Madison Square Garden in summer 2000, Springsteen also performed "American Skin (41 Shots)," a song that explores what happens when community breaks down — in this case, when New York City police officers shot at West African immigrant Amadou Diallo 41 times while he was reaching for his wallet to show them his ID. Two of the New York performances were documented on a 2001 HBO special and live album Live in New York City, which debuted at Number 5.

Springsteen addressed the 9/11 attacks — and America's reaction to them — in great detail on The Rising (Number One, 2002). Produced by Brendan O'Brien (Pearl Jam), it was his first album of new material in seven years. Hailed by critics and fans as Springsteen's return to form — he sang compassionately to the confusion, loss, hope and faith of fearful New Yorkers and average Americans in general — The Rising sold more than 520,000 copies its first week out. In 2004, angered by the George W. Bush administration's war policy, Springsteen teamed with artists including R.E.M., Pearl Jam and the Dixie Chicks for the "Vote for Change" tour, which explicitly supported Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. Springsteen had never directly endorsed a specific candidate before and it created some controversy among his fans. Devils & Dust followed in 2005, the latest in Springsteen's occasional string of downbeat acoustic albums, its songs dealing with topics like immigration and the Iraq War. Like its predecessor, it debuted at Number One and won a Grammy for Best Solo Rock Vocal for the title track.

During his Grammy appearance he performed the song and at the end said, "Bring 'em home," referring to the American troops overseas. Springsteen returned quickly, releasing We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, on which he covered protest and folk songs by the legendary American folk singer Pete Seeger. Performances from the tour with Springsteen fronting the aptly named Seeger Sessions Band were released a year later as Bruce Springsteen with The Sessions Band: Live in Dublin. The fall of 2007 brought another Number One album, Magic, Springsteen's most accessible collection since Tunnel of Love, and more big-venue touring with the E Street Band, who appeared on the album. Now more politically active than ever in his career, Springsteen announced his endorsement of U.S. Senator Barack Obama in April 2008. That November, the Obama campaign played "The Rising" after the new president-elect's victory speech in Chicago. Springsteen released Working on a Dream (Number One) in January 2009, and later that month performed "The Rising" and "This Land is Your Land" (with Seeger) at President Obama's inaugural celebration.

In December 2009, Springteen received the Kennedy Center Honors. The ceremony included tribute performances of his work by Sting, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, John Mellencamp, Melissa Etheridge and Ben Harper, as well as a speech by Daily Show anchor Jon Stewart. Referencing Springsteen's work ethic and heart, Stewart said: "He empties the tank, every time. He empties that tank for his family, he empties that tank for his art, he empties that tank for his audience and he empties that tank for his country." Portions of this biography appeared in The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (Simon & Schuster, 2001). Mark Kemp contributed to this article. Bruce Springsteen - Biography - IMDb Bruce Springsteen Biography Showing all 74 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (2) | Trade Mark (7) | Trivia (45) | Personal Quotes (15) Overview (4) 5' 9½" (1.77 m) Mini Bio (1) Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen was born September 23, 1949 in New Jersey, USA.

His father, Douglas Frederick Springsteen, worked as a bus driver, and was of Irish and Dutch ancestry. His mother, Adele Ann (Zerilli), worked as a legal secretary, and was of Italian ancestry. He has an older sister, Virginia, and a younger sister Pamela Springsteen . Bruce was raised as a Catholic. He was inspired to take up music when he, at the age of seven, saw Elvis Presley on The Ed Sullivan Show (1948). When he was 13 he bought his first guitar for 18 dollars. His mother took out a loan when Bruce was 16 and bought him a Kent guitar for 60 dollars. In 1965, he became the lead guitarist in the band "The Castiles", he would later become lead singer in the band. The Castiles recorded two original songs at a public recording studio in Brick Township, New Jersey. From 1969 to 1971 he performed with Steven Van Zandt , Danny Federici and Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez in a band called "Child", that was renamed later to "Steel Mill" when guitarist Robbin Thompson joined the band.

In 1972, he signed a record deal with Columbia Records and released his debut album, "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.", with his New Jersey-based colleagues, who would later be called "The E Street Band", In January, 1973. The album had critical success and so did their second album, "The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle", released in September, 1973, but had little commercial success. In 1975, after more than 14 month of recording, their third album was released, "Born to Run", which had both critical and commercial success for Springsteen and the band. In 1977, he returned to the studio, after a two-year legal battle with former manager Mike Appel, and produced the album, "Darkness on the Edge of Town", released in 1978 and became a turning point musically for his career. In 1980 came the release of "The River", the album sold well and he followed up with the album "Nebraska" which had critical success but had little commercial success.

Springsteen came back with a bang with the release of the album "Born in the U.S.A." in 1984, which sold 15 million copies in the U.S. alone and had seven top ten singles. It became one of the best-selling albums of all time. After the huge success of the "Born in the U.S.A." album he released a more calm and sedate album in 1987, "Tunnel of Love", which included songs about love lost and the challenges of love, after the break-up with first wife, Julianne Phillips . The albums released in 1992, "Lucky Town" and "Human Touch" were also popular, Human Touch being the most popular of the two, hitting the number one spot of the best-selling albums in the UK. In 1994 he won an academy award for the song "Streets of Philadelphia" featured in the film Philadelphia (1993).

In 1995, he released the album "The Ghost of Tom Joad", which was mostly a solo guitar album and was inspired by "Journey to Nowhere: The Saga of the New Underclass," a book by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Dale Maharidge . After being apart from the E Street Band for several years they reunited with a successful tour which ended in Madison Square Garden in New York in the year 2000. In 2002 he released the first studio album with the full band in over 18 years, "The Rising", and it became a critical and commercial success. In 2005 he released his third folk album (after "Nebraska" and "The Ghost of Tom Joad"), "Devils & Dust" It was followed by "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions" in 2006 and "Magic" in 2007. His 16th album will be released on January 27, 2009 and is called "Working on a Dream". He married for the first time at the age of 35 to actress Julianne Phillips .

The marriage helped boost her acting career, but his traveling took it's toll on the marriage and the final blow came when she found out his affair with the American singer/songwriter/guitarist Patti Scialfa . Their marriage ended in 1989. He then married Patti Scialfa on June 8th, 1991, They had lived together since the separation between him and his first wife and they had a child before they married. They have three children together: Evan James Springsteen (born July 25, 1990), Jessica Rae (born December 30, 1991) and Sam Ryan Springsteen (born January 5, 1994). - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anna G. Spouse (2) Children, with Patti Scialfa : Evan Springsteen , Jesse Springsteen and Sam Springsteen . Says his favorite film as a kid was The Searchers (1956). 1999: Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, where Bono of U2 gave the induction speech.

When U2 was inducted in 2005, Springsteen gave their induction speech, returning the favor. 1997: Awarded the Polar Music Prize, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music Award. 10/27/75: Has appeared on the covers of both Time and Newsweek magazines simultaneously. Previously this only happened to world leaders. Considered becoming a baseball player prior to devoting himself to music. Many of his earlier songs make reference to the New Jersey shore, where he spent his youth. Paul Schrader asked Springsteen to write a title song for a movie he had written called "Born in the USA". After Springsteen wrote it, he liked the song so much, he used it for his multi-platinum album of the same name instead. As a replacement, Springsteen wrote another song and that song title became the film's new title, Light of Day (1987). That is why Springsteen thanks Schrader in the liner notes of the album. Father, Douglas "Dutch" Springsteen, died in 1998. Mother's name is Adele. Has two sisters, Virginia and Pamela Springsteen .

Frequently works with director John Sayles , a fellow Jerseyite who shares a similar social conscience. His song "The Ghost of Tom Joad" was inspired by the John Ford film The Grapes of Wrath (1940). For all his musical success, he has never recorded a #1 hit in the United States. "Hungry Heart" (believed to be a #1 by some) only hit #5. The closest he came was #2, with "Dancing in the Dark". However, he did write "Blinded by the Light", which hit #1 when recorded by Manfred Mann 's Earth Band. The closest he came to a UK #1 was "Streets of Philadelphia", which peaked at #2 in 1994. He refused to play "The Angry Game" with Kristian Luuk when he appeared on Sen kväll med Luuk (1996), a Swedish talk-show. The game is a staring contest, during which the contestants are not allowed to laugh. Originally wrote his classic single "Hungry Heart" for Ramones , but recorded himself at the insistence of his manager.

His Oscar-winning song "Streets of Philadelphia" from Philadelphia (1993) was ranked #68 on The American Film Institute's list of "The 100 Years of The Greatest Songs". 2004: He participated in the Vote for Change concert tour organized to encourage the defeat of George W. Bush in the U.S. presidential election, an effort that ultimately fell short as Bush was re-elected on November 2, 2004. Father was of Dutch and Irish extraction; mother is of Italian extraction. 2004: Radio station 88.5 WXPN performed the 885 greatest songs ever, though they mostly just did rock ( Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wasn't on the list) and Springsteen won first place with "Thunder Road", "Born to Run" following at #6 and then many other songs scattered throughout. He was voted the 23rd Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artist of all time by Rolling Stone. One of his most famous songs, "Thunder Road", was inspired by the Robert Mitchum movie of the same name, Thunder Road (1958).

Cappy Van Dien has the same birthday as Springsteen and is named after his great-grandfather Robert Mitchum and his father Casper Van Dien - Casper Robert Mitchum Van Dien. His concerts are known as marathons for lasting multiple hours. Was occasionally confused with Bob Seger in the 1970s and 1980s. They have similar raspy singing voices, utilize saxophone players in their music, and often write songs about the working-class common man. Born on the same day as the late rhythm and blues singer Ray Charles and actor Jason Alexander . Sean Penn wrote and directed his first movie, The Indian Runner (1991), loosely based on Springsteen's song, "Highway Patrolman", from his "Nebraska" album from 1982, which was practically a demo tape made in Springsteen's house. 1986: Winner of the British Phonographic Industry Award for International Solo Artist following the success of his multi-million selling album "Born in the USA". Inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2007 for his services to music and entertainment (inaugural election). Official induction ceremonies held in May 2008.

Ranked #27 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll. Ranked #59 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists. The title for the film Streets of Fire (1984) came from the song written and recorded by Springsteen on his album "Darkness on the Edge of Town". Original plans were for the song to be featured on the film's soundtrack, but when Springsteen found out it would be rerecorded by other vocalists, he withdrew permission for the song to be used. Is a huge fan of Elvis Presley . 1999: Inducted into the American Songwriters Hall of Fame. He inspired and is referred to in the Prefab Sprout song "Cars and Girls" (from their 1988 album "From Langley Park to Memphis"). Good friends with former WWE / AWA superstar Jim Brunzell , Tom Hanks and Edward Norton . His music was a partial influence on the new direction The Killers chose to take when writing and producing songs for their sophomore album "Sam's Town".

His late cousin, Lenny Sullivan , was the assistant road manager for his band for the last 10 years [October 27, 2009]. One of the five winners of the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors. Other 2009 honorees were Robert De Niro , Dave Brubeck , Mel Brooks and Grace Bumbry . While he was composing the song "Fire" in the mid 1970s, in his mind he was imagining it being sung by Elvis Presley . Elvis died a few years later, having never heard the song. It became a huge hit for The Pointer Sisters in 1979. Is a huge fan of The Daily Show (1996) and has even anonymously been in the audience during tapings of the show as well as being a guest himself. Springsteen's album "Nebraska" (1982) was famously recorded in his home studio on a Tascam 4-track tape recorder using a pair of Shure SM57 mics.

Of the twelve tracks on "Born in the U.S.A.", seven of them, when released as singles, reached the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100. His song "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City" was covered by David Bowie during his "Station to Station" sessions and has appeared on some Bowie compilation albums. In 1985, while he was in recording sessions for his single "Absolute Beginners", Bowie was also recorded doing an impression of Springsteen's singing voice (this surfaced following Bowie's death in 2016). Has suffered from clinical depression since the mid 1980s, a condition that almost crushed him by his early sixties. In common with other rock stars in the 1980s such as U2 , Sting and Peter Gabriel , Springsteen was a prominent supporter of the human rights organization Amnesty International.

Light of Day: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic Light of Day: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen AllMusic Rating google+ AllMusic Review by Hal Horowitz Not quite as impressive as 1997's One Step Up/Two Steps Back: The Songs of Bruce Springsteen , with whom it shares two artists ( E Street guitarist Nils Lofgren and this album's artistic director, Elliott Murphy), Light of Day: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen presents 37 tracks also spread over two discs. Interestingly, only six songs are duplicated, and different artists perform them. This is not only a testament to Springsteen's quantity of work, but a cursory listen to these songs shows the quality as well. In any case, there is a lot of music here. The focus is Springsteen as singer/songwriter, which results in a large proportion of unplugged strumming guitars and rootsy, rearranged versions with an emphasis on vocals and lyrics.

The acts range from the well-known but not quite superstars (Elvis Costello, Cowboy Mouth, Pete Yorn, Billy Bragg) to recognizable club-sized performers (Patty Griffin, Graham Parker, Steve Wynn, the Clarks) to obscure but heartfelt musicians (everyone else). Given the approach, albums such as Tunnel of Love and especially Nebraska are mined for their more introspective tunes. Still, there are a fair share of rockers here (Parker's "Pink Cadillac," Joe Grushecky's "Light of Day") although except for a frantic "Born to Run" from Cowboy Mouth, most are slowed down or given a more sensitive reading. Released in 2003, there are no tracks from either The Rising or 1995's The Ghost of Tom Joad and only a few from 1992's Human Touch and Lucky Town. The disc does unearth some interesting obscurities -- Lofgren's version of "Man at the Top," Marc Broussard's "Back in Your Arms," the Paradise Brothers' "Souls of the Departed" among them -- that spotlight Springsteen's less popular work.

Most of the music has been recorded specifically for this project -- a benefit for Parkinson's disease and sarcoma, a rare form of cancer -- but some such as Dion's beautiful "Book of Dreams," Griffin's lonely "Stolen Car," and Mark Wright's "Two Hearts" have been previously released on these artists' albums. Each comes with a short but incisive commentary from the performer. Even though some of the rearrangements are radical (Kirk Kelly strips "Downbound Train" to just ukulele!), they all convey the songs' emotions, in some cases arguably better than the originals. With two and a half hours of music, the album is best taken in small doses where the listener can soak it all in. Nonetheless, this is a successful project, one that does what it sets out to do, and should be embraced by Springsteen aficionados as well as fans of the acts involved. Track Listing - Disc 1

Question: Which singer has released the albums "Nebraska", 'Tunnel Of Love" and "Lucky Town"?
Answer: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN